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Phthonus

Clip Title

In Greek mythology, Phthonus is the personification of jealousy and envy, particularly involving love. He was said to have had many wives, but killed each one because he suspected they were adulterous.

Hence my choice of Phthonus for my title.

Resources for my Video: To Get

I would like to get some form of a glass trough / long rectangular glass vase / empty ant farm.

This would be for a lime jelly mold, allowing me to shoot through it. I still need a glass bowl for the initial shot, or something with a larger diameter than the wide vase I'm after.

I still need to get a green balloon or 3, not sure if I should dye the water red, but i need the balloon first and try with regular water first. 

Plastic bags I have, but I need to find the most transparent one.

I dont have a blender, so I may have to drop that shot.

Same with the underwater shot; this breaks away from my only XCU or CU shots of the models which I wanted to keep to in order to reduce any model appearance at all. Only shots of feet, a close up of eyes and perhaps a shaking fist. Maybe a hand on a branch to help cement the idea of stalking.

I'll use shots of broken/breaking glass (slow-mo), glowing elements (shifting focal length) and shaky shots of walking through a forest as filler if required.

Oh and only because it's cool: Zero G Ant Farm

Storyboard Final

A JEALOUS RAGE

Storyboard Draft

Storyboard Further Development

Abstract it out further.

Rather than showing something direct, like fire to rage, take the feeling and find something that looks like it instead. Such as rage could be shown as a shaking or vibrating? I think.

Avoid the literal.

Try not to have a human model / person, particularly showcasing feelings. These should be portrayed as images/clips that are a visual representation of how we feel.

RAGE and JEALOUSY

Tension, Paranoia, Longing, Anger, Chaos, Insecurity, Loss, Frustration,

sort of drowning in anger

Frothing, Turbulent, Churning, Velocity

facing inner demons

What do these feelings look like?

Frothy Milkshake?

Frying food? BBQ?

BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON

Boiling water?

Dragging a heavy weight?

Overflowing blender?

Exploding balloon?

Did I mention BACON?

Trying to breathe through a plastic bag?

Glowing element?

Jagged edges?

Rubbish/Scrap Metal?

Broken/breaking glass?

Fogging of glass?

Steaming hot cup in the cold air?
Stuffing face with food?
Broken earth / mechanical digging (digger)?
Bursting fruit?
Destruction

Smoke smoldering -> finally igniting

Distorted perception: Through mirrors, windows, lenses, glass jug/tumbler, plastic bag etc.

Multiple narratives:

WATER. From hiding in it (high-angle) -> To bursting out of it (low-angle)

from bottling up to finally releasing

WATER. From beginning to boil (eye-level) -> To overflowing (low-angle)

starting to boil over to completely overflowing

And here is a draft storyboard. Narrative sorta starts at the bottom and moves up and around each side while touching on the middle when appropriate.

Storyboard Development

I have decided to keep the idea of a jealous rage. Allowing a progression from the seclusion and loneliness of jealousy, through to the exploding anger of rage. I will focus on blues and greens and progress into stronger greens and end up at reds and oranges.

Some ideas for shots:

A High-Angle shot of a person in the foetal position at the bottom of pool (green/blue). 

Could be pulling the finger, and shot zooms in to reveal.

An Eye-Level, Handheld shot of walking and looking through trees. Perhaps progress to the actually looking through branches from tree cover. (if at dawn or dusk, reddish?)

Shots of feet walking on grass, through forests, through water.

Shots of water bubbling/boiling. At each stage: Calm, bubbling, boiling. (blue>green>red)

Match Cut to blood splatter around climax?

Shots of fire at each stage: igniting, burning, raging. (black>orange/red)

Match Cut from grass shot?

Walking through to running.

Shaking with rage - XCU fist shot.

Avoid specifics (only show feet, hand, eyes?)

Increase cut speed throughout clip. Slow dissolves through to an explosion of fast cuts.
Handheld for shots relating to P.O.V. from stalker/jealous guy.
Tripod for all else except maybe a crabbing shot for a walking feet shot.

STILL NEED TO FIND SOME MUSIC TO MATCH!

In Class On Friday

Further look into Rage:

• animosity
• bitterness
• exasperation
• excitement
• frenzy
• furor
• fury
• indignation
• irritation
• madness
• mania
• obsession
• outburst

• passion
• resentment
• temper
• violence
• acerbity
• acrimony
• agitation
• apoplexy
• asperity
• blowup
• bluster
• choler
• convulsion

• dander
• eruption
• explosion
• ferment
• ferocity
• fireworks
• gall
• heat
• hemorrhage
• huff
• hysterics
• ire 
• paroxysm

• rampage
• raving
• spasm
• spleen
• squall
• storm
• tantrum
• umbrage
• uproar
• upset
• vehemence
• wrath
 

Further look into Jealousy:

• grudge
• resentment
• covetousness

• enviousness
• spite
• backbiting

• begrudging 
• evil eye
• green-eyed monster

• grudgingness
• jaundiced eye
• resentfulness

A look into Paranoia:

• insanity
• mental disorder
• personality disorder
• schizophrenia
• craziness
• delusions
• depression

• derangement
• disturbed mind
• emotional disorder
• emotional instability
• loss of mind
• lunacy

• madness
• maladjustment
• mania
• mental disease
• mental sickness
• nervous breakdown
• nervous disorder

• neurosis
• neurotic disorder
• paranoia
• phobia
• psychopathy
• psychosis 
• sick mind
• troubled mind
  
  
  
  

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